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Lot 75
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUST Two page autograph letter on two leaves, signed Renoir, dated Saturday 29 December, 1900. Each leaf...
, signed "Renoir," dated Saturday 29 December, 1900. Each leaf 7 5/5 x 5 1/8 (20 x 13 cm), written in pale brown ink, a total of 43 lines (to an unknown correspondent). Light surface creases, generally in attractive condition, framed with a portrait of Renoir.
This letter relates to the ill health of the recipient's child or children, and goes on to deplore coal fires "it kills the miners, kills those who use it." He mentions having had a similar concern regarding the health of his son, Pierre Renoir; the letter, a very cordial missive, clearly to a close friend, goes on to discuss personal satisfactions, and to offer the best wishes for the coming New Year.
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